Men from Botswana's Balete ethnic group take part in an initiation ceremony on Saturday in Ramotswa village, about 30km (19 miles) south-west of the capital, Gaborone. About 220 men took part in the biannual ceremony.
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Upon graduation, the men are divided into regiments in order to curb crime and promote development in their villages.
Upon graduation, the men are divided into regiments in order to curb crime and promote development in their villages.
This Israeli man is blowing a shofar, made from the horn of a Namibian antelope, at a shofar factory in Jerusalem on Wednesday. The shofar is usually blown on the Rosh Hashanah holiday, the Jewish New Year and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.
Dancers perform during the opening performance of Les Nuits (The Nights) at a theatre in South Africa's main city, Johannesburg, on Tuesday. Les Nuits is a production by renowned French ballet company Ballet Prelocaj and was performed to a packed house.
Artists walk through Ivory Coast's main city, Abidjan, on Thursday, to raise public awareness about Ebola. Ivory Coast has banned flights from West African states hit by Ebola to prevent the spread of the virus. It has killed about 1,900 people in Nigeria, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
On the same day in Maseru, the capital of the mountain kingdom of Lesotho, a man walks pass a stall selling hats...
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